(Source: civilwarinfoguide.com) In this unit, you will learn about the causes of the U. S. Civil War, including issues that divided the nation, the beliefs of the North and the South, and the secession of states from the Union. USI.9: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by:
a) describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation b) explaining how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tension c) identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union
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Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South eventually resulted in the Civil War.
USI 9b: Beliefs of the North and the South North/South Compromises Before the War Compromise USI 9b: States Secede From the Union Secession
The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states’ rights as a means of self-protection.
• The North believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided. While the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation
USI 9c: Names of States Who Seceded and Those Who Remained in Union Names of States
Southern states that were dependent upon labor-intensive cash crops seceded from the Union. Northernmost slave states (border states) stayed in the Union.
Unit Vocabulary: Read and learn the vocabulary and definitions for this unit. Cultural: Relating to the beliefs and customs of a group of people. Economic: Relating to money Constitutional: Involving the Constitution of the United States Urban: City - developed Agricultural: Relating to the business of farming Plantations: Large farm where cash crops are grown Manufacturing: To make something into a finished product Tariffs: Tax on goods Foreign Competition: Other countries trying to do something better or for less money Central Government: United States government States’ Rights: More power given to the states National Law: Laws for the entire country Lincoln: Republican from Illinois – won the 1860 presidential election Secession: A formal withdrawal Fort Sumter: Located in Charleston Harbor South Carolina. Bombing was the beginning of the Civil War Moral: Relating to the issues of right and wrong Popular Sovereignty: A term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether to allow slavery Secede: To withdraw from membership Union: Another name for the North (United States of America) during the Civil War time period Border States: Slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War Labor-intensive: Requiring a lot of physical work
Unit 11: Civil War
(Source: civilwarinfoguide.com)
In this unit, you will learn about the causes of the U. S. Civil War, including issues that divided the nation, the beliefs of the North and the South, and the secession of states from the Union.
USI.9: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by:
a) describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation
b) explaining how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tension
c) identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union
Read and study the graphics of the SOL content of this unit.
USI 9a: Issues That Divided the Nation Issues
USI 9b: Beliefs of the North and the South North/South Compromises Before the War Compromise
USI 9b: States Secede From the Union Secession
- The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states’ rights as a means of self-protection.
• The North believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided. While the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nationUSI 9c: Names of States Who Seceded and Those Who Remained in Union Names of States
Unit Vocabulary: Read and learn the vocabulary and definitions for this unit.
Cultural: Relating to the beliefs and customs of a group of people.
Economic: Relating to money
Constitutional: Involving the Constitution of the United States
Urban: City - developed
Agricultural: Relating to the business of farming
Plantations: Large farm where cash crops are grown
Manufacturing: To make something into a finished product
Tariffs: Tax on goods
Foreign Competition: Other countries trying to do something better or for less money
Central Government: United States government
States’ Rights: More power given to the states
National Law: Laws for the entire country
Lincoln: Republican from Illinois – won the 1860 presidential election
Secession: A formal withdrawal
Fort Sumter: Located in Charleston Harbor South Carolina. Bombing was the beginning of the Civil War
Moral: Relating to the issues of right and wrong
Popular Sovereignty: A term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether to allow slavery
Secede: To withdraw from membership
Union: Another name for the North (United States of America) during the Civil War time period
Border States: Slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War
Labor-intensive: Requiring a lot of physical work